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> Font rendering the Apple way is a style choice at best. Given how much of a hacker's usage of a computer is working with text (reading pages, writing code an
by dictum 8y ago
> Font rendering the Apple way is a style choice at best.
Given how much of a hacker's usage of a computer is working with text (reading pages, writing code and documentation, taking notes) it's a style choice that actually has a significant impact.
(By the way, macOS Mojave deprecates subpixel antialiasing — a poor decision when there are many non-hidpi displays still being used)
- sbov 8y agoI've used both macbooks and linux and have never noticed a difference, so I have no clue what sort of impact I'm supposed to be noticing.
- qznc 8y agoI remember a decade ago when there was more discussion about it the rought situation was: OS X fonts were "blurry" because the font rendering was optimized for stay true to the font shape. Microsoft was "crisp but kerning broken" because the font rendering optimized for pixel alignment, so less grey pixels but shapes moved slightly to fit pixel borders. Linux was somewhere in between however you configured it. That was the time of sub-100dpi screens though. With 300dpi (Retina) screens these days it does not matter much anymore.
- jamie_ca 8y agoYeah. I've got a 1440p 27" monitor that I connect via HDMI (USB-C adapter dock thingy) and the difference when I upgraded to Mojave was very stark. I actually prefer Windows rendering now to Mac.